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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Lewisham 1915
Annual report on the vital statistics and sanitary condition of the Borough of Lewisham for the year 1915
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TABLE II.
Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1915.
| Notifiable Disease. | Number of Cases Notified. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality (e.g. Parish or Ward) of the District. | Total Cases Removed to Hospital. | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | Church | Manor | South | Blackheath | Lewisham Village | Lewisham Park | Brockley | Catford | Forest Hill | Sydenham | Precise Residence unknown. | ||||||||
| Under i | i and under 5 years | 5 and under 15 year:: | 15 and under 25 years | 25 and under 45 years | 45 and under 65 years | 65 and upwards | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Cholera (C) Plague (P) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria (including membranous Croup) | 250 | 2 | 47 | 151 | 27 | 17 | 6 | — | 5 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 31 | 15 | 49 | 42 | 60 | — | 212 |
| Erysipelas | 108 | _ | 1 | 3 | 13 | 36 | 88 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 18 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 22 | — | 15 |
| Scarlet Fever | 470 | 1 | 85 | 312 | 44 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 39 | 80 | 33 | 97 | 36 | 132 | — | 376 |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric Fever | 12 | — | — | 1 | 5 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | 8 |
| Relapsing Fever (R) Continued Fever (C) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 4 | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | —_ | 1 | —_ | — | — | — | 1 | —__ | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 13 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | 12 |
| Polio-Myelitis | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 254 | — | 6 | 19 | 58 | 128 | 39 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 24 | 37 | 20 | 75 | 20 | 30 | — | — |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 98 | 5 | 93 | 40 | 10 | 16 | 4 | — | 9 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 4 | 31 | 8 | 18 | _ | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 15 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Totals | 1225 | 25 | 163 | 532 | 161 | '233 | 89 | 22 | 26 | 38 | 43 | 54 | 107 | 192 | 82 | 287 | 127 | 269 | - | 626 |